Such cuteness under the needle today! These cute owls will become a gorgeous little bag. Each week we sew through many, many metres of fabric to make our care packs and items inside for some of the thousands of people we help each year.
The Pencil Case Project is back!
WARNING: INSPIRATION, EXTREME KINDNESS AND CUTENESS CHARITY ALERT!! (Your help is needed please!) We are again so, so proud of our m.a.d.woman Foundation m.a.d. kid ambassadors Maddy, 12, and Teegs, 10 (and a half!). For the second year in a row, they are aiming to...
Our help goes Bk 2 Basics
With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, we gave more than 140 care packs for men to our friends at BK 2 Basics Melbourne to give to some guys who could use a little support. We added in a box of more than 150 warm beanies and scarves, a big box of gifts and some...
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Spreading winter warmth by working together
Another HUGE day at the m.a.d.woman Foundation HQ today! More than 3000 items were distributed - including 228 winter care packs for Australian women, kids and men in need. Thanks to Meagan, Sue and Josie from Bunnings Warehouse Australia for doing the first...
Thanks to the crew at Pinchapoo!
Thanks to the awesome crew at Pinchapoo for a carload (and by car we mean stationwagon and full!) of goodies for our care packs today! Not only did they give us hundreds of beautiful toiletries but also 1100 toothbrushes for some upcoming packs. We couldn’t be more...
Big thanks to Bev!
One of our volunteers, Bev, has sent us another amazing parcel of pencil case bags - on top of tens and tens and tens already! Thank you!! We are edging closer to our target of 1000 for Australian kids in foster care. We’re filling them with school supplies like we...
Meet some of our makers
Joy and Deb from the Hamilton Community House have been sewing up a storm for us! An extra special thanks to Joy who has literally sewn hundreds of items in the past few months. We are incredibly grateful to you and everyone else associated with your community house -...
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Sew much thread goes into our donations!
A lot of love - and a lot of thread, pins, fabric, clips and time goes into our charity sewing! Another empty 5km spool on the overlocker! On the left is how it starts.... Another 50+metres of fabric is currently under the needle... thank you immensely to Glynis for...
Officeworks gives us 4875 reasons to be thankful!
Just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, the final tally came through from the awesome team at Officeworks Chadstone - we have 4875 reasons to be thankful!! Here’s the incredibly kind and generous Matt handing over the news to our CEO Melina Schamroth, our...
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Sew many thanks to Sewing for Charity
A HUGE thanks to the team from Sewing for Charity Australia for two more boxes of goodies for our upcoming projects to support 1000 children in hospitals and 1000 kids in foster care and facing other challenges. Your ongoing support is so gratefully received- thanks...